New Delhi: Ali Abbas Zafar’s first web series ‘Tandav’ which released on Amazon Prime Video on 15th January 2021, is currently surrounded by a lot of controversies and legal notices. Starring Saif Ali Khan in the lead role, this political drama series also stars Dimple Kapadia, Sunil Grover, Gauahar Khan, Zeeshan Ayyub, Kritika Kamra and others. Netizens alleged that ‘Tandav’ has insulted Lord Rama and Lord Shiva in the very first episode which in turn have hurt Hindu sentiments.
Kangana Ranaut recently took to her Twitter and slammed the makers of ‘Tandav’ saying that the content is not only ‘Hindu phobic’ but also ‘creatively poor’. She further appealed to put the makers of the web series in ‘jail’ for ‘torturing the viewer’.
The Dhaakad actress’ tweet read, “The problem isn’t just the Hindu phobic content, it’s also creatively poor and deprived,atrocious and objectionable on every level hence deliberately placed controversial scenes. Put them in jail not just for criminal intentions but also for torturing the viewer #tandavwebseries”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The problem isn’t just the Hindu phobic content, it’s also creatively poor and deprived,atrocious and objectionable on every level hence deliberately placed controversial scenes. Put them in jail not just for criminal intentions but also for torturing the viewer <a href="https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/tandav-controversy-ayodhya-saints-demand-ban-on-saif-ali-khan-starrer-amazon-prime-video-web-series-for-hurting-hindu-sentiments-1439894">#tandavwebseries</a> <a >https://t.co/bmeaPzgkA5</a></p>— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) <a >January 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Amidst all these, director Ali Abbas Zafar released an official statement on behalf of the cast and crew of the political web series. The statement read, “We have been closely monitoring viewer reactions to the web series Tandav and today during a discussion, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have informed us regarding a large number of grievances and petitions received on various facets of the web series with serious concerns and apprehensions regarding its content hurting the sentiments of the people.”
He added, “The web series Tandav is a work of fiction and any resemblance to acts and persons and events is purely coincidental. The cast and crew did not have any intention to offend the sentiments of any individual, caste, community, race, religion or religious beliefs or insult or outrage any institution, political party or person, living or dead. The cast and crew of Tandav take cognizance of the concerns expressed by the people and unconditionally apologize if it has unintentionally hurt anybody’s sentiments.”
Sharing the statement from his official Twitter account, Ali wrote, “Our sincere apologies.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our sincere apologies . <a >pic.twitter.com/Efr9s0kYnl</a></p>— ali abbas zafar (@aliabbaszafar) <a >January 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Meanwhile, Kangana released the poster and release date of her upcoming movie ‘Dhaakad’ earlier today. She wrote while sharing, “She is fearless and Fiery! She is Agent Agni India’s first female led action thriller, #Dhaakad releasing in theatres on 1st October 2021!”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She is fearless and Fiery! She is Agent Agni 🔥 <br>India’s first female led action thriller, <a >#Dhaakad</a> releasing in theatres on 1st October 2021!<a >@SohamRockstrEnt</a> <a >@DeepakMukut</a> <a >@RazyGhai</a> <a >@sohelmaklai</a> <a >@sohailmaklai</a> <a >@AsylumFilms</a> <a >@rampalarjun</a> <a >@divyadutta25</a> <a >@writish</a> <a >@DhaakadTheMovie</a> <a >pic.twitter.com/M4jmflfoV5</a></p>— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) <a >January 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
On the professional front, other than ‘Dhaakad’, the ‘Queen’ star will also be seen starring in ‘Tejas’ and ‘Thalaivi’.
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